The sad, real-life story of New York urchins who died between 1909 and 1940

This is not only a story about history, it’s also very good journalism. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/longform/news/2014/07/11/boys-neglected-life-abandoned-death/12501141/67y8

You have to get to the part about the mom with no feet before the depths of this whole tale really sink in.